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What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?
My main thought on living a very long life is that it might be bad luck to talk about it. You don’t want to jinx yourself. (I sound like my superstitious Italian grandmother.)
Also, it occurs to me that I’ve interacted with two different types of professionals who are very focused on making sure that their particular areas of concern last as long as you do: financial advisors and dentists. Your money and your teeth. You don’t want to outlive either one. Financial advisors will actually refer to “the risk of longevity” when discussing your retirement with you. And the entire point of preventive dentistry is to avoid decay. Dentists go to great lengths to preserve each and every one of your natural teeth for as long as possible.
So I’ve always tried to do what dentists and financial planners tell me to do. Because if I do happen to live a very long life, I don’t want to run out of money or lose my teeth.
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